Inclusive Education for the 21st Century A New Introduction to Special Education

by Sands, Deanna J.; Kozleski, Elizabeth; French, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780534238209
• ISBN10: 0534238203
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-18
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The authors challenge pre-service special education and regular education teachers to develop the knowledge and skills to produce and support "inclusive school communities." Pre-service teachers are introduced to the inclusive community philosophy-include everyone, regardless of intelligence, disability, ethnicity-in supportive, mainstream classrooms and schools in which all student needs are met and all students are offered the same opportunities for success. To meet this growing challenge, the teacher-to-be must embody concepts of inclusion, community, collaboration, democracy, and diversity. Sands, Kozleski and French not only discuss and advocate "inclusion," but go beyond to advocate inclusive school communities, which is both a process and an outcome-providing all students with access to broad educational opportunities.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
PART ONE An Ecological Approach to Education	1	(186)
Schooling in the 21st Century	2	(39)
Public Policy and Students with Disabilities	41	(34)
Involving Families in School	75	(38)
Tools for Constructing Inclusive School Communities	113	(34)
Schooling the Whole Child	147	(40)
PART TWO Strategies for Inclusive Schools	187	(184)
Developing Building and Classroom Strategies to Support All Learners	188	(37)
Using Assessment to Make Instructional Decisions	225	(25)
Assessing for Eligibility and Program Planning	250	(32)
Developing Responsive Curricula for Diverse Learners	282	(45)
Developing Instructional Strategies for Diverse Learners	327	(44)
PART THREE Putting It All Together	371	(26)
Meeting the Needs of All Learners	372	(25)
References	397	(25)
Photo Credits	422	(1)
Index	423